Correlated correlation functions in random-bond ferromagnets Original Research Article

The two-dimensional random-bond Q-state Potts model is studied for Q near 2 via the perturbative renormalisation group to one loop. It is shown that weak disorder induces cross-correlations between the quenched-averages of moments of the two-point spin/spin and energy/energy correlation functions, which should be observable numerically in specific linear combinations of various quenched correlation functions. The random-bond Ising model in (2+ϵ) dimensions is similarly treated. As a byproduct, a simple method for deriving the scaling dimensions of all moments of the local energy operator is presented.